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Added 9 October 2026

minority

/maɪˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti/ noun

Latin root: minōritās Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about minority at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part.
Being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts.
when the vote was taken they were in the minority
Any age prior to the legal age.

Origin

From Late Middle English minoritie, from Middle French minorité, and its source Late Latin minōritās, from Latin minor. Morphologically minor + -ity.

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